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Clark v. California

U.S.
Nov 13, 1990
498 U.S. 973 (1990)

Summary

aggravating factor that the defendant killed the victim because of the victim's status as a witness

Summary of this case from State v. Parker

Opinion

Nos. 90-5677, 90-5772, 90-5873, 90-5882.

November 13, 1990.


Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 90-5677, 50 Cal. 3d 583, 789 P. 2d 127; No. 90-5772, 565 So. 2d 1177; No. 90-5873, 790 S. W. 2d 243; No. 90-5882, 790 S. W. 2d 241.


Adhering to my view that the death penalty is in all circumstances cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U. S. 153, 231 (1976), I would grant certiorari and vacate the death sentences in these cases.


Summaries of

Clark v. California

U.S.
Nov 13, 1990
498 U.S. 973 (1990)

aggravating factor that the defendant killed the victim because of the victim's status as a witness

Summary of this case from State v. Parker

aggravating factor that the defendant killed the victim because of the victim's status as a witness

Summary of this case from State v. Shurn

characterizing defense counsel as a magician distracting the jury from the facts permitted

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Case details for

Clark v. California

Case Details

Full title:CLARK v. CALIFORNIA. Sup. Ct. Cal.; PEOPLES v. ALABAMA. Ct. Crim. App…

Court:U.S.

Date published: Nov 13, 1990

Citations

498 U.S. 973 (1990)

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